Vintages. Can’t live with `em… pass the beer nuts! The question of whether or not wine vintages (the year printed on the label, which is almost always the year when the wine’s grapes were harvested) matter is one that often perplexes the budding wine enthusiast. The questions that the Dude here regularly fields regarding wine…
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How to Fix the Broken U.S. Wine Shipping System
I know what you’re thinking, after reading the title of this post. “Is the Dude about to go on yet another tirade about the PLCB? Okay, okay, they suck – we get it already…” Well… the answer is “Yes.” Sort of. I’m about to go on a bit of a tirade about the wine shipping…
Book Review: 101 Wines (or “Will Gary Vaynerchuk Save the World of Wine Reviews?”)
You see, it’s like this: Gary Vaynerchuk is the Howard Stern of the on-line wine world. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last two years: Gary is the driving force behind Wine Library TV, an on-line video blog of wine reviews and palate-building tips that has become a sensation in the…
5 Common Wine Drinking Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Whoops. Everyone makes mistakes. In the case of the Dude here, mistake frequency is pretty much daily. Thankfully, almost every mistake is an opportunity to learn. Fortunately for you, the Dude here has made plenty of mistakes when it comes to drinking and appreciating wine. That means that you don’t have to make all of…